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By Kelly Fitzgerald at The FIX 02/15/17 If you’ve been using alcohol as a coping mechanism for your entire life and are used to drinking on good days and bad, it’s going to be harder to quit. What happens when you

By Beth Leipholtz 02/10/17 The One Who Tells It Like It Is tells you the truth, even when it’s hard to hear—especially when it’s hard to hear. Think about the people in your life for a moment. Chances are that

My name is Kelly Fitzgerald and I am a person in long-term recovery from a substance use disorder. I’m also a daughter, sister, aunt, friend, fiancé, full-time writer, and athlete. Part of my path has been sharing my story through

I grew up with alcohol all around. I first got drunk at 15, loved the physical feeling, and (as I now realise) loved the way it pushed emotions away, so I kept doing regularly it until just shy of my 40th birthday. Here I am about

Fear Won’t Kill You! Fear won’t kill you, but it definitely feels like it will! I say this as a woman in long-term recovery who’s faced more than a few “fear situations” in my time. from Sobriety for Women blog

Reblogged from UnPickled If there is one question I am most asked about living alcohol-free, it is “How did you know it was time to quit drinking?” Only occasionally is this question asked with dancing eyes that reveal a quest for

reblogged from Kate at The Sober School Fear is a bitch sometimes. It’s a natural instinct, something designed to keep us safe and help us survive. It can be a brilliant internal warning system. But when it comes to sobriety

As I grow in sobriety I also grow in tolerance. I observe this growth in my interactions, especially with difficult individuals. Last week I had an opportunity to deal with a person who is actively drinking and not very

from The Fix by Sarah Ratliff 08/31/16 Your body and mind are still adjusting and becoming healthier. Don’t interfere with this process by drinking or using. Along with honoring the American workforce, Labor Day is also seen as the unofficial

reblogged from The Fix: By Dee Young 04/28/15 I always thought a man would rescue me, but when I hit bottom it was the women who saved me. I was in my Greenwich Village apartment on MacDougal Street, a block from